Chapter 547: The Mechanism of Calling for Help

"Because humans invented mobile phones, Mages no longer use Communication Magic. It requires memorizing incantations and local secret languages, and the communication range is also limited. Magic communication has become an elective course in the last two years; only old-school Mages still use it," Du Zhengyi said.

"Are the secret languages in the Library?" Luo Qi asked.

"The Highland Mages have them here too; you can search for them using the manual," Du Zhengyi said.

"I'll check when I get back," Luo Qi said, as if thinking of something, he couldn't help but smile, then composed himself and said earnestly, "You know, whoever sent this letter must be that kind of thing from the Seal Land."

Du Zhengyi took a few sips of cola through a straw and slowly began, "You've seen that kind of thing; what do you think it is?"

"Just like the Ghosts of the Society of Ideation, or like that image of Old Mage Guan, which you've seen with your own eyes. This kind of thing is like a simplified version of a human; it's called human but isn't human, a bit like a human's Artificial Intelligence Robot," Luo Qi said casually, though they had actually discussed this many times. "Want to eat something? Do you want the spicy or non-spicy burger?"

Du Zhengyi didn't even look at the two burgers Luo Qi had eagerly pushed over; he slowly poked the ice in his cola with the straw, "What is the probability of it making a mistake?"

Luo Qi thought for a moment and said, "It's unlikely to make a mistake, at least less likely than a living Mage."

"I am assuming that Kongsang Mountain truly still has a remnant Seal Land," Du Zhengyi said. Luo Qi immediately leaned closer to him; he had long since thought that his previous trouble might be resolved. It was truly a case of someone bringing a pillow just as one wanted to sleep; Han Yi's investigation proved that Kongsang Mountain clearly had a problem, so any action that could push the investigation forward should not be targeted—including the speech Luo Qi gave before he was choked unconscious.

Du Zhengyi glanced at him, as if he had already seen right through him, but was just too lazy to say it, and simply continued. "This Seal Land also has a gatekeeping mechanism. We won't consider the principle behind this mechanism set by the Ancient Mage; regardless, this thing sent an Active Summoning to the Mage World, which should be something that has never happened before."

"So you also think it's an Active Summoning," Luo Qi said, putting a french fry in his mouth and saying carelessly, "Han Yi is just an idiot; he can't see anything."

"An Active Summoning must be a fail-safe mechanism," Du Zhengyi suddenly said.

Luo Qi was stunned. He had thought about this messy affair for a long time and always felt he couldn't grasp the point, yet Du Zhengyi didn't need to think at all. He looked up at Du Zhengyi, secretly thinking that this person could always see through to the essence at a glance. "Can a Seal Land also fail to hold?"

"Even with the most powerful Magic protection, after tens of thousands of years of vicissitudes, it is possible for it to fail. Moreover, the Seal Land at Kongsang Mountain was opened once about a thousand years ago; the Mage Supreme Committee has never been completely clear about the specific circumstances. Because they could no longer survey the Seal Land, the Supreme Committee judged that the Seal Land had been destroyed and everything inside had been released. However, Treasure Hunters and Lotus Burners have always hoped to dig something out from there; after all, among several Seal Lands, this is the only one that has ever appeared in the world. The reality might be that a part of the Seal Land indeed remains, and after being harassed for a thousand years, it finally ran into trouble," Du Zhengyi said calmly. Even though it was a thorny issue, he didn't seem to feel it was much of a problem.

That is indeed the case, so the Seal's protection mechanism is seeking to send a message to the Mage World. The Seal Land could not find a Mage within a thousand kilometers to contact, so it chose a human who could receive the information. The human who received the information kept writing out the full text of the letter over and over again in a state of mental derangement, until eventually, a Mage would discover it and come to solve the problem. Although this method is slow, for a Seal Land that calculates time in ten-thousands of years, it wouldn't feel that a Mage arriving a few decades late would be a big problem.

"Ah," Luo Qi suddenly blurted out at this thought, "So after Du Tingxiu received the letter, he went to Kongsang Mountain in Ganzhou immediately; he also understood this letter."

It wasn't a Curse at all, nor was it some inexplicable reason; it was just a real, simple piece of work. He was truly made restless by Han Yi, that conspiracy theorist. No wonder Du Tingxiu was still planning some trivial daily work before receiving the letter; just like if Du Zhengyi grew up and worked in Qionglin in the future, he would probably be the same—receiving a suspicious document and immediately interrupting his current work to go and investigate.

However, Han Yi was right about at least one thing: Du Tingxiu likely discovered something at Kongsang Mountain. This discovery of his was very urgent; Du Tingxiu didn't even have time to warn Qionglin that the seal at Kongsang Mountain needed to be re-handled. The only thing he could be sure of was that this discovery must have something to do with Pei Shu.

"Wait, brother," Luo Qi looked at the letter suspiciously, "You said this was just a Work Record."

"This is not a letter written by a Mage; a letter not written by a human is naturally a Work Record," Du Zhengyi said.

"But you said these are environmental parameters, which aren't rare," Luo Qi asked hurriedly.

Du Zhengyi looked at him.

Luo Qi understood, "But you also don't know what environment the Seal Land requires. Even if anyone who shouldn't know about it gets this letter and can translate it, what they see is just ordinary data. So the publicly issued Emergency Report is actually encrypted."

Du Zhengyi nodded.

So the only way now is to go to Kongsang Mountain to take a look; there has been no news from Wen Lin recently, and I don't know if she has gained anything.

"So the only way now is to go to Kongsang Mountain."

Luo Qi was startled. The thought he was mulling over was suddenly spoken out by Du Zhengyi, and he instinctively wanted to deny it, even drafting in his mind how to swear that he didn't have this idea at all. But when he looked up abruptly, he found that what Du Zhengyi said was well-considered and not meant to expose his thoughts.

"Then I..." Luo Qi immediately changed his words, but was cut off by Du Zhengyi after only two words.

"You stay here and continue to learn methods for stabilizing your mental world with the Highland Mages. I won't stay there for too long; I will return once every 12 hours at most." Du Zhengyi turned his gaze to look at Luo Qi, his expression very tight, leaving Luo Qi no room to shout, argue, or even throw a tantrum.

Luo Qi was rarely treated with such a serious attitude by Du Zhengyi, and for a moment he was frozen; his usual "three axes" didn't come out. He silently ate three french fries; no matter how he thought about it, it was ominous. Wasn't Du Tingxiu lured by this letter to go to Ganzhou alone, eventually turning against Pei Shu, and finally dying with his clan destroyed? Although he couldn't compare himself to Pei Shu, the situation was exactly the same. Moreover, wanting to go to Kongsang Mountain in Ganzhou to investigate was his own idea to begin with.

If Du Zhengyi went and didn't come back—Luo Qi slammed his shoulder hard into Du Zhengyi's shoulder. Du Zhengyi turned his head to glare at him, but whether he was glaring or whatever, at least his flesh and blood were still warm now.

"Brother, someone wants to take revenge on you," Luo Qi said. Seeing that Du Zhengyi didn't take it to heart at all, he became anxious. "They want to take revenge on someone like you! How could they not bet all their energy? Even the stupidest idiot can become clever if they spend all their energy. I'm so stupid, I shouldn't have come out! They were originally the weaker side; we just shouldn't have taken their move. But it's all my fault for being too curious and too confident, wanting to come out to see their moves, and thinking I could break them. In fact, once they made this move, they had already won; all they wanted was a chance to speak to you. Brother, Han Yi just wants you to go to Kongsang Mountain!"

(End of chapter)